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Painful ethical choices in 2020 vs. 2010: How has thinking changed?
Several of the questions in the survey revolved around end-of-life decisions.
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Tofacitinib effective for ankylosing spondylitis in phase 3
The oral JAK inhibitor was significantly more effective than placebo at primary and secondary endpoints. Safety risks were comparable to those for...
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Proposed RA guidelines: Maximize methotrexate before switching
The guidelines, updated from 2015, recommend using methotrexate aggressively before switching to a biologic or JAK inhibitor. They also urge...
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Five pediatric heart health practices that may be unnecessary
In all cases, family history is vitally important.
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Osteoporosis underdiagnosed in older men with fracture
Even men at high risk for the disease are overlooked for screening as osteoporosis has been thought of as a disease of White women.
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Methotrexate users need tuberculosis tests in high-TB areas
Those taking corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants are at particularly high risk, a systematic review of literature finds.
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Pregnancy can be safe with interstitial lung disease
Often women with ILD related to an autoimmune disease are advised to avoid conception or terminate their pregnancies. But the largest study to...
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COVID-19–related HCQ shortages affected rheumatology patients worldwide
Data from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey presented at ACR Convergence 2020 demonstrate that the severity of shortages...
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Primary care journals address systemic racism in medicine
Each family medicine publication plans to implement different changes.
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Fulminant C. diff debate: Fecal transplants or antibiotics?
This type of infection represents about 8% of all C. difficile infections and is often fatal.
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Fulminant C. diff debate: Fecal transplants or antibiotics?
This type of infection represents about 8% of all C. difficile infections and is often fatal.
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Few women hospitalized for influenza have been vaccinated
“A provider recommendation, combined with an offer to administer a flu vaccine at the time of visit, remains one of the best ways” to increase flu...
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Acute HIV cases double in ED. Is COVID-19 responsible?
“The reason testing is so important, whether for HIV or COVID, is the more you test, the more you’re going to find.”